| Living in Ariz., maybe | 22 |
| Like some sgts. | 15 |
| Like some mil. officers | 23 |
| Like many sr. citizens | 22 |
| Like many seniors: Abbr. | 24 |
| Like many a sr. citizen | 23 |
| Like Gen. Franks | 16 |
| Like Gen. Clark | 15 |
| Gen. Colin Powell, e.g. | 23 |
| Finished working, briefly | 25 |
| Finished with the USAF | 22 |
| Abed: Abbr. | 11 |
| Abbr. in many a military title | 30 |
| Abbr. for some generals | 23 |
| Abbr. for an old general | 24 |
| Abbr. after many a major's name | 35 |
| Through working: Abbr. | 22 |
| The R in AARP | 13 |
| The "R" in AARP, briefly | 34 |
| Stengel's status: Abbr. | 27 |
| Steep in liquid | 15 |
| Steep hemp | 10 |
| Spending one's IRA, say | 27 |
| Soften in water | 15 |
| Soften flax | 11 |
| Soak, in a way | 14 |
| Soak, as a fiber | 16 |
| Soak flax, e.g. | 15 |
| Soak flax or lumber | 19 |
| Soak flax or hemp | 17 |
| Send back: Abbr. | 16 |
| Sells to the public | 19 |
| Saturate flax | 13 |
| Receiving a pension, briefly | 28 |
| Pt. of Schwarzkopf's title | 30 |
| Prepare jute | 12 |
| Permanently off the clock: Abbr. | 32 |
| Pensioner's status: abbr. | 29 |
| Pensioner's ltrs. | 21 |
| Out of the rat race, maybe: Abbr. | 33 |
| Out of the labor mkt. | 21 |
| Out of svc. | 11 |
| Out of it: abbr. | 16 |
| Out of business: Abbr. | 22 |
| Out of business (abbr.) | 23 |
| Out of a job: Abbr. | 19 |
| Opposite of act. | 16 |
| On Social Security, typically (abbr.) | 37 |
| On Social Security, say: Abbr. | 30 |
| On Social Sec., say | 19 |
| On Social Sec. | 14 |
| On Soc. Security, say | 21 |
| On Soc. Sec., often | 19 |
| No longer working: Abbr: | 24 |
| No longer practicing Abbr.: | 27 |
| No longer in the work force (abbr.) | 35 |
| No longer in the USN | 20 |
| No longer in the U.S.N. | 23 |
| No longer in the U.S.A.F. | 25 |
| No longer in the mil., say | 26 |
| No longer doing the job?: Abbr. | 31 |
| No longer active (Abbr.) | 24 |
| Name affix: Abbr. | 17 |
| Moisten timber | 14 |
| Military name: abbr. | 20 |
| Macerate, as flax | 17 |
| Loosening of fibers | 19 |
| Loosen up hemp | 14 |
| Like some srs. | 14 |
| Like some older profs (Abbr.) | 29 |
| Like some gen.'s | 20 |
| Like professors emeritus (Abbr.) | 32 |
| Like one after work?: Abbr. | 27 |
| Like most hall-of-fame inductees: Abbr. | 39 |
| Like many workers, after age 65: Abbr. | 38 |
| Like many AARP members, briefly | 31 |
| Like many a mil. officer | 24 |
| Like HOF inductees, usually | 27 |
| Like Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf | 28 |
| Like Gen. McChrystal | 20 |
| Like Gen. Colin Powell: Abbr. | 29 |
| Like emeriti: Abbr. | 19 |
| Like Barry Bonds or Ken Griffey, Jr.: Abbr. | 43 |
| Like a prof. emerita | 20 |
| Letters after some officers' names | 38 |
| Keep: Abbr. | 11 |
| It might follow a general's name: Abbr. | 43 |
| Inactive, in a way: Abbr. | 25 |
| Inactive mil. status | 20 |
| In post-career mode: Abbr. | 26 |
| Harm by exposure to moisture | 28 |
| Gone to Fla., maybe | 19 |
| General Powell's status, briefly | 36 |
| Finished working, for good (Abbr.) | 34 |
| Emeritus, e.g.: Abbr. | 21 |
| Emer. | 5 |
| Eligible for Soc. Sec. | 22 |
| Done working, briefly | 21 |
| Decay after exposure to moisture | 32 |
| Dampen hemp | 11 |